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1880 - W. W. "Bill" Roper, who coached Princeton football teams to an 89-28-6 record from 1919 through 1930; in Philadelphia
1908 - Frank Leahy, Hall of Fame football college at Boston College and Notre Dame; in O'Neill, NE
1909 - Mel Hein, Pro Football Hall of Fame center with the New York Giants from 1931 through 1945; in Redding, CA
1913 - Jim Tatum, who coached the Maryland football team to three unbeaten seasons and a national championship; in McColl, SC
1939 - Carl Yastrzemski, Hall of Fame outfielder who spent his entire 23 seasons with the Boston Red Sox; in Southampton, NY
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1941 - Bill Parcells, who coached the New York Giants to two Super Bowl victories; in Englewood, NJ
1949 - Diana Nyad, marathon swimmer who was the first to swim from the Bahamas to Florida, in 1979; in New York City
1956 - Paul Molitor, MVP of the 1993 World Series with the Minneapolis Twins; in St Paul, MN
1959 - Denise Curry, Basketball Hall of Famer who starred for the U. S. Olympic gold medal team in 1984; in Ft. Benton, MT
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1851 - America Wins Her Cup
The yacht America won the Hundred Guinea Cup by beating the boats of the Royal Yacht Squadron in a race around the Isle of Wight. After being brought back to the New York Yacht Club, the trophy became better known as America's Cup.
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1917 - Bigbee Goes to Bat 11 Times
Carson Bigbee of the Pittsburgh Pirates tied a major-league record with 11 at-bats in a 22-inning, 6-5 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was the the third straight extra-inning game between the two clubs.
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1934 - Pitcher Hits 2 Home Runs in Win
Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell kept his team, and himself, in the game with two home runs and Boston finally beat the Chicago White Sox, 3-2, in 12 innings to give Ferrell the victory. He holds the major-league record for pitchers with six two-homer games in his career.
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1950 - Gibson Is First Black in U. S. Nationals
Althea Gibson became the first black player to compete in the U. S. National Tennis Championship. Later, she also became the first black to compete in the French Open and the Wimbledon championship. She won both the U. S. and Wimbledon singles titles in 1957 and 1958.
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1951 - Globetrotters Draw 75,052 Fans
During their 50th anniversary world tour, the Harlem Globetrotters set a basketball attendance record by playing before 75,052 fans at Berlin's Olympic Stadium. Later on the tour, they played for an audience of one: Pope Pius XII, at his summer residence, Castle Gandolfo in Italy.
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1958 - Punt Returned 131 Yards
Boyd Carter of the Toronto Argonauts fielded a punt deep in his end zone, returned it 15 yards, and then lateraled the ball to Dave Mann, who went another 116 yards for a touchdown in a Canadian Football League game. The 131-yard return is a record. (In Canadian football, the field is 110 yards and at that time the end zones were 25 yards deep.)
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1965 - Pitcher Uses Bat on Catcher
During a trip to the plate, San Francisco Giant pitcher hit Dodger catcher John Roseboro over the head with his bat, touching off a 14-minute brawl. Marichal felt that Roseboro's return throws to pitcher Sandy Koufax were coming too close to his head. He was fined $1,750, then a record, and suspended for eight days.
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1989 - Ryan Collects 5,000th Strikeout
Nolan Ryan became the first (and still the only) pitcher with 5,000 career strikeouts by whiffing Rickey Henderson on a 3-2 pitch in the fifth inning. Nevertheless, Ryan's Texas Rangers lost, 2-0, to Henderson's Oakland As.
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